Trucker killed in Franklin accident

Friday, April 22, 2011

LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

A New Jersey man died in a two-vehicle collision Thursday on Route 209 (Interchange Road) in Franklin Township. Zoltan Czikora, 51, of Trenton, was pronounced dead at the scene by Jim Hauser, Carbon County deputy coroner. The crash occurred just prior to 9 a.m., north of LaRose's Roller Skating Rink, where a box truck Czikora was operating collided head-on with a tractor trailer. Franklin Township police investigated the accident. Efforts to contact them for the details of the crash were unsuccessful.